Sydney, Mar 5 : With fast bowlers Peter Siddle and Ben Hilfenhaus doubtful to participate in the second cricket Test against South Africa commencing from March 6, Australia has needed to shore up its fast-bowling stocks by calling up yet another new boy to their squad.

Australian Cricket Team led by Ricky Ponting began their tour of South Africa without injured Test pace regulars Stuart Clark and Brett Lee. Fast-bowling all-rounder Shane Watson was also on the sick list.

London, Mar. 5 : Manchester City is set to make a spectacular 100 million pound summer move for Argentina's Lionel Messi.

City owner Sulaiman Al Fahim, who six weeks ago missed out on Kaka, has personally sanctioned the world-record bid for the Barcelona striker.

Brazilian superstar Kaka turned down a 91 million pound switch to Eastlands to stay at AC Milan.

But Arab billionaire Al Fahim, who is a huge fan of Argentinian football, is determined not to lose out again and has made Messi his No 1 target.

London, Mar. 5: Chelsea and England footballer star Frank Lampard has returned one of the highest scores ever seen by experts, that has been put in the most intelligent 0.1 per cent of Britain’s population.

The former public schoolboy, 30, is now referred to as The Professor by Stamford Bridge teammates, according to the Daily Star.

The tests were conducted by Brian English, the Chelsea club doctor, as part of research into how head injuries can affect footballers'' neurological development.

Melbourne, Mar 5 : Australian Commonwealth Games Association CEO Perry Crosswhite said the 2010 Games are unlikely to return to Melbourne, and dismissed security fears in the wake of the attack on

Melbourne, Mar 5: Australian umpires Simon Taufel and Steve Davis, who were officiating in the drawn Test match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan, have said they can''t believe that they are still alive after the Lahore terror attack.

Taufel arrived home in Sydney this morning, two days after being caught in the attack on the Sri Lankan team bus on the way to the Gaddafi Stadium in Pakistan for the third day of the second Test.

Wellington (New Zealand), Mar. 5 : It has taken four years of toil and reinvention for New Zealand fast bowler Ian Butler to make a comeback to the national squad.

When Butler had the Australian all rounder Shane Watson caught behind by Brendon McCullum under the roof at Melbourne''s Docklands Stadium in December 2004, he never imagined there would be a hiatus of over four years before the New Zealand wicketkeeper helped provide the reconstituted seam bowler with his next one-day international wicket.